Stammlager

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German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Stamm (“stem, trunk”, and hence “origin, root, center”) +‎ Lager (“camp”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃtamˌlaːɡɐ/
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Noun

Stammlager n (strong, genitive Stammlagers, plural Stammlager or Stammläger)

  1. (historical) main or central camp; the administrative center of a complex of camps and/or places of forced labour (originally used of prisoner-of-war camps, later also – and now especially – of concentration camps)
    In den Stammlagern wurden die Kriegsgefangenen registriert und auf die Betriebe verteilt.
    In the main camps, the prisoners of war were registered and distributed to the places of labour.
    Das Stammlager Auschwitz I diente als Verwaltungszentrum des gesamten Auschwitz-Lagerkomplexes.
    Auschwitz I, the main camp, served as the administrative centre of the whole Auschwitz camp complex.

Declension

Declension of Stammlager
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Stammlager die Stammlager, Stammläger
genitive eines des Stammlagers der Stammlager, Stammläger
dative einem dem Stammlager den Stammlagern, Stammlägern
accusative ein das Stammlager die Stammlager, Stammläger

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